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A patient presents with features suggestive of pityriasis rosea.. Pityriasis rosea is an acute, self-limiting papulosquamous eruption of probable herpesviral aetiology (HHV-6/7 reactivation), characterised by a herald patch and a secondary eruption in a Christmas-tr...
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a) What is the most likely diagnosis and what clinical features support it? (2 marks)
b) What investigations would you arrange to confirm the diagnosis? (3 marks)
c) Outline your management plan for this patient. (3 marks)
d) What are the key complications and prognostic factors? (2 marks)